"ζωή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ζωή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/, /zoˈi/, /zoˈi/, /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /zoˈe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /zoˈi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /zoˈi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /zoˈi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ζῶ (zô, “to live”) + -η (-ē). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{affix|grc|ζῶ|-η|t1=to live}} ζῶ (zô, “to live”) + -η (-ē) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζωῆς|f|first}} ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζωή|ῆς}} Forms: zōḗ [romanization], ζωῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ζωή [nominative, singular], ζωᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ ζωαί [nominative, plural], τῆς ζωῆς [genitive, singular], ζωαῖν [dual, genitive], ζωῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ζωῇ [dative, singular], ζωαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ζωαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν ζωήν [accusative, singular], ζωᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ζωᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ζωή [singular, vocative], ζωᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ζωαί [plural, vocative], ζόα [alternative, Doric], ζωά [alternative, Doric], ζόη [alternative, Ionic], ζοΐα [alternative, Aeolic]
  1. a living, property
    Sense id: en-ζωή-grc-noun-ECRmO9ua Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 23 23 32
  2. life
    Sense id: en-ζωή-grc-noun-Y71wZe8e Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 23 23 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ζῷον (zôion), βίος (bíos)
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